Whoever he looks like, he's on his way back to Libya as a free man, to die with his family.

Lockerbie bomber is freed

It's a decision that would not have been taken if there had been no devolution within the UK to a new Scottish legislature, because the UK government is much more vulnerable to US leverage than the Scottish government. (Or maybe the White House huffing and puffing is just window-dressing anyway, because there will be great relief in Washington that the case is not now likely to be re-opened.)

In the unlikely event that Megrahi is guilty as charged, justice has been tempered with mercy, and I'd rather see a civilised state doing that than simply indulging the lust for revenge. If,as seems more likely, he is innocent, then there has been no justice at all for anyone, and it is regrettable than he was coerced into withdrawing his appeal.